Value Identity

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb

Examples

  1. I got wan mo geit tharrei.
    I
    3sg
    got
    have
    wan
    one
    mo
    more
    geit
    gate
    tharr-ei.
    dist-dir
    There is one more gate over there.
  2. Wal dudei wi laki, yu no. Wi garrim faiya.
    Wal
    well
    dudei
    today
    wi
    1pl
    laki,
    lucky
    yu
    2sg
    no.
    know
    Wi
    1pl
    garr-im
    have-tr
    faiya.
    fire
    Well today we're lucky, you know. We have fire.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  3. I gotim big gata maitbi theya, thetsaid.
    I
    3sg
    got-im
    have-tr
    big
    big
    gata
    gutter
    maitbi
    maybe
    theya,
    there
    thet-said.
    dem-side
    Maybe there is a big gutter, on that side.
  4. Binji pat rait, im klinwan, ani i gotim mardba langa bekbon said.
    Binji
    belly
    pat
    part
    rait,
    right
    im
    3sg
    klin-wan,
    clean-adj
    ani
    only/but
    i
    3sg
    got-im
    have-tr
    mardba
    spike
    langa
    loc
    bekbon
    back
    said.
    side
    The belly is all right, it's clean, but it has spikes on the back.
  5. Hi got rul yet, mai matha.
    Hi
    3sg
    got
    have
    rul
    rule
    yet,
    yet/still
    mai
    1sg.poss
    matha.
    mother
    She still keeps the traditions, my mother.